WWE: 7 Stars to Build the Midcard Around

With the advent of Monday Night Raw becoming to a three-hour show permanently, in an ideal world, WWE should use the extra hour to promote some of the younger stars they have under contract.

Their developmental territory, FCW, has several stars who already have wrestling experience from the independent circuit, and their main roster has several men who have been misused or under-promoted in the last few years.

WWE's midcard (Intercontinental/US Title) scene used to be where the future WWE or World Champions were built.

Nowadays, it's like a wasteland for people that WWE have no clue what to do with.

Before I get into who I've chosen to go on this list, I'm going to give honorable mentions to current superstars who didn't quite make this list.

Damien Sandow

The first step to WWE taking their midcard to the next level would be to have Damien Sandow win the US Title from Santino Marella.

Santino doesn't need the belt, and it's becoming more and more worthless the longer he holds it.

Sandow would be the perfect person to take the US Championship and bring back some credibility to the belt.

Sandow's gimmick is playing a condescending, intellectual heel who has no time for people that he feels are intellectually inferior to him, so the storyline between him and Santino practically writes itself.

I don't think his current gimmick will get him beyond midcard level, but at least it would help him to become a dominant force in the WWE.

Kassius Ohno

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I feel sorry for Chris Hero.

When he finally signed for WWE along with his long-time tag team partner Claudio Castagnoli (Antonio Cesaro) last year, he was given what could be one of the worst names in wrestling history: Kassius Ohno.

Oh no! Why? What does it mean? Is it because the initials spell out KO? Wow, great move!

Sarcasm aside, he's one of the best wrestlers out there today, and now that his former partner is a part of the main roster, it seems like only a matter of time before Ohno is with him on the road.

If you've never seen any of his work, go on YouTube and search for either "Chris Hero ROH" or "Kassius Ohno FCW," and you'll see why he's definitely one to watch.